BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 174, 27 August 1909, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

DAYLIGHT SAVING. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright London, Auguit £6. A select committee of the House ot Commons reports that while the voluntary adoption of earlier business hours, where feasible, would greatly be to the advantage of the community, the provisions of the Daylight Saving Bill wouii create confusion, especially as rcga-ds agriculture and railways. IRELAND'S CONTRIBUTION TO THB REVENUE.

London, August 25. Speaking in the House of Common*. Mr. J. H. Whitley, in reply to the Matqiires of Hamilton, Conservative mean ber lor Londonderry, estimated Ireland's contribution to the revenue «'/ the United Kingdom for the current I year as insufHcient to meet the CO it of purely Irish services by upward! o! £.1,000,000.

IRISH LAND BILL. Received 20, 10.30 p.m. London, August idIn tl»' House of Commons, a further batch of Irish Land Bill clauses was carried, according to the closure timetable. The chief discussion related » the incorporation of the re-constituted Congested Districts Board. Unionist! rtrennoiisly but vninlv resisted the hi' traduction of an elective element, wlileh ihev contended would soon be under the guidance of the Irish Land League. They added that the distribution of land in the face of the conflicting clainla of congests and landless required «o#l heads, undisturbed by local pressuw. Mr. T. W. Russell (VlceiPrewdent ol the Irish Agricultural Department) aa4 Mr. A. Birrell (Secretary for Irelaad) replied that the elected member* W proved a tower of strength to the Department of Agriculture and the promt problem was only solvable with the Mfport of popular opinion.